Insufficient and excessive N fertilizer input reduces maize root mass across soil types

Predicting crop yields and soil‐plant nitrogen dynamics in the US Corn Belt

(2020) Sotirios V. Archontoulis et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Can Crop Models Identify Critical Gaps in Genetics, Environment, and Management Interactions?

(2020) Claudio O. Stöckle et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Root to shoot and carbon to nitrogen ratios of maize and soybean crops in the US Midwest

(2020) Raziel A. Ordóñez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Maize root biomass and architecture depend on site but not on variety: Consequences for prediction of C inputs and spread in topsoil based on root-to-shoot ratios

(2020) Hui Xu et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Evolution of roots to improve water and nitrogen use efficiency in maize elite inbred lines released during different decades in China

(2019) Yang Wu et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Enhancing APSIM to simulate excessive moisture effects on root growth

(2019) Elnaz Ebrahimi-Mollabashi et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Exploiting genetic variation in nitrogen use efficiency for cereal crop improvement

(2019) Malcolm J Hawkesford et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN PLANT BIOLOGY

How much will precision nitrogen management pay off? An evaluation based on simulating thousands of corn fields over the US Corn-Belt

(2019) Zhenong Jin et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Simultaneous gains in grain yield and nitrogen efficiency over 70 years of maize genetic improvement

(2019) Sarah M. Mueller et al.   Scientific Reports

Maize root distributions strongly associated with water tables in Iowa, USA

(2019) Virginia A. Nichols et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Can multi-strategy management stabilize nitrate leaching under increasing rainfall?

(2019) Rafael Martinez-Feria et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Water and radiation use efficiencies in maize: Breeding effects on single-cross Argentine hybrids released between 1980 and 2012

(2019) Facundo Curin et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

A solution for sampling position errors in maize and soybean root mass and length estimates

(2018) Raziel A. Ordóñez et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF AGRONOMY

Maize and wheat root biomass, vertical distribution, and size class as affected by fertilization intensity in two long-term field trials

(2018) Juliane Hirte et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Maize and soybean root front velocity and maximum depth in Iowa, USA

(2018) Raziel A. Ordóñez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

A Systems Modeling Approach to Forecast Corn Economic Optimum Nitrogen Rate

(2018) Laila A. Puntel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Are Nitrogen Fertilizers Deleterious to Soil Health?

(2018) Bijay- Singh   Agronomy-Basel

Simulating nitrogen management impacts on maize production in the U.S. Midwest

(2018) Kamaljit Banger et al.   PLoS One

Nitrogen rate strategies for reducing yield-scaled nitrous oxide emissions in maize

(2017) Xu Zhao et al.   Environmental Research Letters

Response of maize root growth to irrigation and nitrogen management strategies in semi-arid loamy sandy soil

(2017) Mario Chilundo et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Maximum soil organic carbon storage in Midwest U.S. cropping systems when crops are optimally nitrogen-fertilized

(2017) Hanna J. Poffenbarger et al.   PLoS One

Modeling Soil Type Effects to Improve Rainfed Corn Yields in Northeast China

(2016) Zenghui Sun et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Effects of Nitrogen Application on Root Length and Grain Yield of Rain-Fed Maize under Different Soil Types

(2016) Guozhong Feng et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Can crop simulation models be used to predict local to regional maize yields and total production in the U.S. Corn Belt?

(2016) Francisco J. Morell et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Root distribution by depth for temperate agricultural crops

(2016) Jianling Fan et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Combined Applications of Nitrogen and Phosphorus Fertilizers with Manure Increase Maize Yield and Nutrient Uptake via Stimulating Root Growth in a Long-Term Experiment

(2016) Zhihui WEN et al.   PEDOSPHERE

Can mineralization of soil organic nitrogen meet maize nitrogen demand?

(2016) William R. Osterholz et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Modeling Long-Term Corn Yield Response to Nitrogen Rate and Crop Rotation

(2016) Laila A. Puntel et al.   Frontiers in Plant Science

Modeling the impacts of climate change on nitrogen losses and crop yield in a subsurface drained field

(2015) Zhaozhi Wang et al.   CLIMATIC CHANGE

Genetic variation in the critical specific leaf nitrogen maximising yield among modern maize hybrids

(2015) Raziel A. Ordoñez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Yield response to heat stress as affected by nitrogen availability in maize

(2015) Raziel A. Ordóñez et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Evolution of US maize (Zea mays L.) root architectural and anatomical phenes over the past 100 years corresponds to increased tolerance of nitrogen stress

(2015) L. M. York et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Low Crown Root Number Enhances Nitrogen Acquisition from Low-Nitrogen Soils in Maize

(2014) P. Saengwilai et al.   PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

Phenotypic plasticity of the maize root system in response to heterogeneous nitrogen availability

(2014) Peng Yu et al.   PLANTA

Identifying Factors Controlling the Continuous Corn Yield Penalty

(2013) Laura F. Gentry et al.   AGRONOMY JOURNAL

Steep, cheap and deep: an ideotype to optimize water and N acquisition by maize root systems

(2013) Jonathan P. Lynch   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Changes in Nitrogen Use Traits Associated with Genetic Improvement for Grain Yield of Maize Hybrids Released in Different Decades

(2013) Jason W. Haegele et al.   CROP SCIENCE

Maize root growth angles become steeper under low N conditions

(2012) S. Trachsel et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Synchrony of net nitrogen mineralization and maize nitrogen uptake following applications of composted and fresh swine manure in the Midwest U.S.

(2012) Terrance D. Loecke et al.   NUTRIENT CYCLING IN AGROECOSYSTEMS

Temporal dynamics of light and nitrogen vertical distributions in canopies of sunflower, kenaf and cynara

(2011) S.V. Archontoulis et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

The contribution of maize cropping in the Midwest USA to global warming: A regional estimate

(2010) Peter R. Grace et al.   AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS

Distribution of roots and root length density in a maize/soybean strip intercropping system

(2010) Yang Gao et al.   AGRICULTURAL WATER MANAGEMENT

Optimal partitioning theory revisited: Nonstructural carbohydrates dominate root mass responses to nitrogen

(2010) Richard K. Kobe et al.   ECOLOGY

Ideotype root architecture for efficient nitrogen acquisition by maize in intensive cropping systems

(2010) GuoHua Mi et al.   Science China-Life Sciences

Nitrogen fertilizer effects on soil carbon balances in Midwestern U.S. agricultural systems

(2009) Ann E. Russell et al.   ECOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS

Shoot growth potential drives N uptake in maize plants and correlates with root growth in the soil

(2009) Yunfeng Peng et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Rhizosphere priming effect: Its functional relationships with microbial turnover, evapotranspiration, and C–N budgets

(2008) Weixin Cheng   SOIL BIOLOGY & BIOCHEMISTRY

Kernel number determination differs among maize hybrids in response to nitrogen

(2007) K.E. D’Andrea et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH